Musings from Mark Baker

Weekly Download 14.21

Here’s a recap of news and notes from around the Web that caught my attention over the past week or so. Today’s theme is coffee.

I have a coffee problem. This is not news for those who know me. And, apparently, I’m on the “snootier side” of the coffee drinker spectrum since I prefer single-origin beans. But here is a surprise: according to America’s coffee cup is half full, today’s consumption is less than half of what it was in the mid-1940s.

Much to my delight there is a well-known coffee supply and home roasting business right here in Middleton. Burman Coffee Traders modesty describes their business by saying “Coffee is our passion.” Ditto.